Internet of (weather) Things

Weather ex Machinaɛks ˈmɑːkiːnə

Manolis Nikiforakis, BEng, MScIoT Architect – CEOFull stack Dev(hardware & software)

Stratos Theodorou, MEng, MSc Mobile app developerUI/UX designer

EXM Core Team

Vassilis Chryssos, MEng, MScCommunity managerOpensource advocateSarantaporo.gr

Yiannis Gkoufas, BEng, MScMiddleware developerBig Data expert

Strategic Partner in Hardware R&D

Enterprise IoT experience

Previous projects include development of a Building Management System (PlegmaOpenBMS)

Operational on various buildings includingEurobank Building – Plaza, Marousi�20+ IoT hardware devices/sensors cross-vendor on 4 floors�300+ acquiring values/sec �Advanced energy analytics

Open Source (GitHub)

Chaos when weather matters

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Market segments focus

Outdoor enthusiast (using 2+ weather apps)Urban commuter, traveler, wind sports

ProfessionalsAgriculture, energy, retail, logistics, insurance, tourism, outdoor events

Meteorological agenciesData validation, competition analysis

Weather affects: Productivity - Safety – Leisure(…and 1/3 of the worldwide economy)

WxM is Skroutz for weather

● Tracks the accuracy of weather forecasts

● Delivers the most reliable one per location

Starting with a simple app

Location

forecasts from different providers

Score based on historical forecast accuracy for this location & days out

No! It will not rain on Tuesday

Confirmed by competition

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Enterprise Architecture

Actual WeatherConditions

(not enough data!)

Not enough actual DATA!

LIDAR & Doppler Weather Radars

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Really expensive… aiming at gov met offices

GSM Weather Stations

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Cumbersome and relatively expensive... aiming at PROs

WiFi Weather Stations

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Low cost aiming at B2C (limited and/or cumbersome)

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Enterprise Architecture

Wireless tech trade-offs

● Inertial sensors for wind, capacitive for rain● Atmel AVR 328 + nRF using ESP8266 as WiFi gateway ● BOM ~30€ (end product ~100€)

https://github.com/ellak-monades-aristeias/WeatherXM

EXM weather station v1

Wireless tech trade-offs

LoRa Attributes

Open Infrastructure & Data

● Inertial sensors for wind, capacitive for rain● STM32 ARM Cortex-M3 + Microchip RN2483 ● BOM ~40€ (end product ~100€)

EXM weather station v2

LoRaWAN low-cost gateways

● Gateway based on RPi + SX1272○ BOM 40€

● Gateway based on ESP8266 + RN2483○ BOM 10€

Really low cost gateways

LoRaWAN Architecture

Proposed Architecture

http://sentilo.weatherxm.com:8080/sentilo-catalog-web/

Open Smart City

TTN kickstarter validated

€295,331934

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EXM Smart City Pilots

OASA Transport Hackathon

● Smart bus WiFi hotspot LBS

AIA DigitalGate● Nearby airport weather/pollution monitoring

Sarantaporo.gr● Infrastructure as a commons

Athens center via EuroCPS● Low-cost LoRa (p2p) solid state weather station

in GreeceAWMN (Athens Wireless MetropoEWN (Evia Wireless Network) IWMN (Imathia Wireless MetropTRWN (TRipoli Wireless NetworWNA (Wireless Networks AssociTWMN (Thessaloniki's WirelessWiMAN (Wireless Metropolitan WirAN (Wireless Agrinio NetwoTRWN (Trikala Wireless NetworCWN (Corfu Wireless Network) HSWN (Heraklion Wireless NetwWNK (Wireless Network of KoriLWN (Larissa Wireless NetworkCYWN (Cyclades Wireless NetwoASWN (Aegean Students WirelesLWMN (Lamia Wireless MetropolMessWN (Messinia Wireless NetPWMN (Patras Wireless MetropoDWN (Drama Wireless Network) KWN (Kos Wireless Network) htKVWN (Kavala Wireless Network

EXM Pilots…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...………...…...…...…...…...…...

Grassroot

Yes we can!

We are...

● Weather Analytics B2C -> B2B

● Unique IoT weather hardware

● LoRaWAN for large scale low-cost deployment

● Advanced Weather Services

● Additional IoT use cases through open LoRaWAN

All pieces together

Thank you!

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